Weekly Obituaries Roundup

Deaths for the week ending 1 February 2020:

Sunday, 26 January 2020

Kobe Bryant, NBA basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers), in a helicopter crash, 41. Eight other people, including one of Bryant's daughters, were also killed.

Bob Shane, folk singer (The Kingston Trio), of complications from pneumonia, 85.

Monday, 27 January 2020

Ramon Aviles, major leaguer (Philadelphia Phillies), cause not reported, 68.

Allen Brown, NFL football player (Green Bay Packers), cause not reported, 76.

Jack Burns, comedian/actor (Burns & Schreiber), of respiratory failure, 86.

Jason Polan, cartoonist, of cancer, 37.

Johnny Ray, auto racer (NASCAR), 82.

Tuesday, 28 January 2020

Chris Doleman, NFL football player (Minnesota Vikings), of brain cancer, 58.

Marj Dusay, actress (Alexandra Spaulding on "Guiding Light"), 83.

Narciso Elvira, major leaguer (Milwaukee Brewers), shot (homicide), 52.

Harry Harrison, radio broadcaster (New York City), 89.

Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Larry Eisenhauer, NFL football player (Boston Patriots), of bone cancer, 79.

Thursday, 30 January 2020

John Andretti, auto racer (NASCAR), of colon cancer, 56. He was a nephew of auto racer Mario Andretti.

Fred Silverman, TV executive (CBS, ABC, and NBC), of cancer, 82.

Eugene Wright, jazz bassist (The Dave Brubeck Quartet), 97.

Friday, 31 January 2020

Alexander Brunett, Roman Catholic archbishop (Seattle, Washington), 86.

Mary Higgins Clark, suspense author (A Stranger is Watching), of natural causes, 92.